Peter Brodie - Commercial Shipping Handbook

This book fills a need for a handbook which gives concise explanations of the many activities which comprise shipping. It is essentially a guide for the practitioner and student of both liner and tramp shipping. It explains the terms and how they inter-relate. The many areas covered include:

documents used in international transport, for example the bill oflading and the charter-party what they contain, the different types and examples of each;

generic types of ships, cargoes, containers and ports;

the many organisations whose members contribute to international transport and the aims and objectives of those organisations;

the many surcharges found especially in liner shipping;

chartering terms, an explanation of each and their context;

clauses appearing in bills of lading, in voyage and time charters;

technical elements of shipping as they relate to the commercial operation of ships, for example tides and draughts;

examples of principal documents.

The book is divided into concise entries, each one dealing with an individual topic, for which there is an alphabetical Table of Contents. In addition, there is an alphabetical index of over 1,250 terms, showing the entries in which they can be found, and list of over 200 abbreviations, showing the term in full and the entry or entries in which the abbreviation is explained.

Peter Brodie